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nagnail

nagnail noun: a hangnail.

Noun

nagnail (plural nagnails)

  1. (UK, obsolete, regional) A hangnail.

Forms of nagnail

pluralnagnails

Origin of nagnail

Perhaps from a rebracketing of "an 'angnail".

Questions about nagnail

What does nagnail mean?
Nagnail means a hangnail.
What part of speech is nagnail?
Nagnail is a noun.
What is the plural of nagnail?
The plural of nagnail is nagnails.

Words near nagnail in the dictionary

  1. Nagles
  2. nagless
  3. Nagling
  4. Nagmaal
  5. Nagmaals
  6. nagnail
  7. nagnails
  8. Nago
  9. Nagold
  10. nagoonberries
  11. nagoonberry

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